Hi, im sofa, im 21. I have been doing hobbies of some sort for as long as I can remember. I built plastic aircraft when I was a kid, HO lay out when I was a young teen, for middle school and beginning of high school I was not into hobbies, then sophomore year of high school, I got a job at the local hobby shop, and got back into hobbies full swing. I mainly got into rc aircraft, and now have 20 planes. One day a guy came in to the shop trying to sell some old tamiya kits to my boss. But he wouldn’t buy them so the guy gave me 6 armor kits. Well because school has been stress full I have started a new stress reliving hobby. The is my first time doing armor so give me all the advice you can give. My plan is to make a diorama, of a German convoy going through a check point. So far I have made a “German 20mm FLAKVIERLING 38”

Here are the pictures of it, sorry the images came out pore quality.

Hi Sofa,
First of all welcome to the armorama community.
I think you've done a pretty good job. The only thing is the colour. This is way to bright for German WW2 military stuff. When looking at pictures of surviving harware, you'll find these are a dark grey.

Welcome aboard the best site around Sofa!!!
Ciao from Italy

Howdy Sofa

Glad you found us! Ask a question and you will get a quick response here. So look around and get comfy.

Cheers
HastyP

Ya I realised that after a built the model and painted it.. I have been thinking of using a black pastell powder to darken the color... What do you think of that? =) I dont have the money to go get more paint LOL, and Im worried about re painting it..

Welcome aboard!!!

Thanks Im glad to be here. :-)

Welcome to Armorama Sofa. And way to go with instant postings of your work . You have the Armorama spirit from the get go. Glad to see that you made it in here. Enjoy!!

Welcom Sofa, nice build, the color needs some work. I'm not sure black pastel powder would be a good idea...just give it a new coat of paint in it will be very pretty

Welcome to Armorama
Matt

Ya I tryed the plack pastell on the armor plate... It did not turn out to well. But after going to 3 hobby shops, I finaly decided to go to a craft store, and I found the classic "Panzer Gray" i was looking for.... =) I think i am going to re paint the kit tonight...

Welcome to Armorama, the very BEST modeling site on the web. Ask and it will be answered.

Thanks, =) Im loving it here, the comunity has all ready helped me a great deal..

Just want to add my two cents and welcome you to the site! I hope you enjoy it here!

wow cool model,.
i like that german machine gun..
did that come with the kit

wow cool model,.
i like that german machine gun..
did that come with the kit

hey sofa,so you do r/c planes too huh? I just got off the buddy-box myself and I have a slow poke in order,BTW WELCOME TO THE BEST MODELLING SITE ON THE WEB!

Iv flown a slow poke. LOL =) Ya I never went on the buddy box. I went out to the flying fieald with a "Ligh Stick" when the grass was really high crashed like 20 times before I could keep her up... =) Then after that I gained 19 mor aircraft and flew for 3 years.. =) I dont have time to fly any more soo armor is my hoby for now.. :-)




Nope that mg and guy are part of the mg crew sold by Tamiya

Hi sofa greetings rom London,enjoy the sight. :-)

Hey Sofa, welcome aboard! Make yourself at home and enjoy!

~Chip :-)

Hey sofa , welcome aboard, greetings from Greece, you happened to be in the best model site of the world.

Welcome aboard and to the world of tank modeling. You'll find it alot different from planebuilding as there is much more weathering and learning those techniques and what works takes time. Don't fret, there are plenty ofexperienced folks here and all will gladly share what they've learned with you. Enjoy

Hi there

Welcome aboard! You've found one heck of a site here... the Big-A is awesome...

All the best

Rowan